Granger
GOOD. Water lightly stained; 70 degrees; 1.01 feet below pool.
Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow on jigs fished along drop offs along the river channel.
White bass are slow. Blue catfish are good on shad fished in 5-20 feet of water.
Yellow catfish are slow.
Report by Tommy Tidwell, Tommy Tidwell’s Granger Lake Guide Service.
Somerville
SLOW. Water normal stain; 57 degrees; 2.23 feet below pool.
There is not much fishing activity on water with cold temperatures and hunting season going on.
At Somerville Marina, the crappie bite is fair, bluegill are fair on crickets and worms, and catfish are fair on minnows and punch bait.
Crappie are slow over brush in 8-16 feet of water with jigs and minnows.
Black bass are slow on moving plastics in 6-12 feet of water.
Catfish are good in 6-10 feet using cut shad or punch bait.
White bass are slow trolling with various spoons or anchored with shad and ghost minnows.
Hybrids are fair in deeper water using cut bait or mussels.
Below the dam fishing is slow, because water is not being released.
Report by Weldon Kirk, Fish Tales Guide Service.
Stillhouse Hollow
EXCELLENT. Water stained; 63 degrees; 1.77 feet below pool.
Stillhouse white bass fishing is going on over 10 days of really good action. With 300 plus fish being caught on morning trips on several occasions.
Gulls and loons can be very helpful in finding fish, then the splasher has been very effective at consolidating fish under the boat and keeping them there.
Fish are in as much as 53 feet of water so getting to the bottom quickly and repeatedly is key.
I am using the MAL Dense with chartreuse tail to accomplish this in the lower two-thirds of the lake.
Largemouth bass fishing has been coming on strong. I have had numerous fish over 6 pounds showing up as bycatch when I am white bass fishing, and those targeting largemouth are doing very well working 5/8 ounce and 3/4 ounce.
White Bladed Hazy Eye Slabs on bottom by both snap-jigging and by slowly raising them upwards after getting the attention of bottom-dwelling fish and watching their response on LiveScope. The lure’s stinger hook is essential, so do not cut it off!
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Belton
GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 2.22 feet below pool.
Thanks to continued mild weather, the white bass and hybrid striper fishing is consistent and in keeping with how it typically is this time of year.
Fishing is best as a front arrives and north or northwest wind velocity increases. Fishing is worse once the north winds subside leaving cold, calm, and clear conditions.
Fishing is average as the southerly winds return, and until the next front arrives.
White bass fishing is fair with the MAL Original with chartreuse tail for vertical work in deep water, and the White Tornado in 1-1/8 ounce white color for horizontal work when fish show to be carpeting the bottom to either or both sides of the boat.
The morning bite is from 7:45-11 a.m. Expect a weaker, shorter afternoon bite from 1:45-5 p.m.
Gulls are beginning to show and help to find fish during the first hour of the day.
Report by Bob Maindelle, Holding the Line Guide Service.
Catfishing continues to be excellent.
While water temperatures dropping, anglers should search for blue catfish in deeper, 30-45 feet, river channels and around steep ledges.
Larger cut baits have been effective for trophy size fish.
Eater fish under 10 pounds are still active and slow drifting with small cut shad along sand flats.
Channel catfish are fair but can still be caught on warmer days using punch bait in 15 to 25 feet of water.
Report by Brian Worley, B&S Catfishing.
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